Patterns of molecular evolution and predicted function in thaumatin-like proteins of Populus trichocarpa

Planta

Volumn 232, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 949-962

  Zhao, Jia Ping ^a,b,c   Su, Xiao Hua ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Glucanase activity; Homology modeling; Molecular evolution; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POPULUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY;

POPULUS; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA;

EID: 77955842087     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1218-6     Document Type: Article

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